Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exceedingly rare Hampton & Sons Pall Mall Victorian circa 1870 twin pedestal partner writing desk.
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote, please send me your postcode and Ill provide you with the exact price.
A very good looking well-made Mahogany desk with a leather top made by the highly coveted Hampton & Sons.
As you can see pictured Hampton furniture is highly collectable and very expensive, online gallerys has a pedestal desk and it is in the tens of thousands.
The top left and right drawers are fully stamped Hampton & Sons Pall Mall, all other drawers have Hobbs & Co locks, the handles are all period correct and original.
The top has multiple patina marks and colour variations, the timber on the desk is in similar order, we have deep cleaned hand condition waxed and hand po
...lished it.
Dimensions
Height:- 71.5cm
Width:- 137cm
Depth:- 80cm
Legroom
Height:- 56cm
Width:- 60cm
Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point, if you would like any additional or specific measurements please ask.
In 1830 William Hampton opened a shop for the sale of general household furniture in Cranbourn Street. He was subsequently joined by his two sons George and William Powell (the sons of George Hampton; Harold, Fred and Clarence also later entered the business). In 1869 the business expanded with new premises on the corner site comprising 8 Pall Mall East and 1-3 Dorset Place (now Whitcomb Street). Throughout its history the firm suffered a number of serious fires, the first of which occurred in 1890. As the firm continued to expand it took over control of a number of other firms, beginning with James Coulson and Co of Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1898, and in the early 1950''s Goodall, Lamb and Highway of King Street, Manchester and Robson and Sons Ltd of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
In 1926 the firm opened a factory at Ingate Place, Battersea close to the firm''s existing depository. Amongst the firm''s noteable contracts were the Royal Yacht Britannia, the liners the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the Duke of York Theatre, the Dorchester and the Mayfair Hotels and the palaces of two Indian princes, the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maharajah of Kashmir. On the night of 16th November 1940 an incendiary bomb hit the Pall Mall premises and the greater part of the building was destroyed. Temporary one-storeyed buildings were erected on the site but these were eventually demolished in 1957 following the sale of the site to the Canadian Government. In October 1940 the firm had acquired a controlling interest in the firm of Storey & Co Ltd of Kensington High Street and it was there that the firm established its new headquarters.
Any questions please feel free to ask.
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA820782
Dateline of this antique is Victorian
Height is 71.5cm (28.1inches)Width is 137cm (53.9inches)Depth is 80cm (31.5inches)
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